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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the top 5% were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 90%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 43%.

2. Who is the former secretary of state that is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” for having said, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Madeleine Albright.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

3. In Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth,” Sandberg notes that at Facebook, a company-wide Q&A is held when?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every other month.
(c) On the first day of every month.
(d) Every two weeks.

4. What American physicist and astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Michele Elam.
(c) Marianne Cooper.
(d) Sally Ride.

5. In what year does Sheryl Sandberg say her mother left the workforce to care for her ailing parents, in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2006.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of presentations does Sheryl Sandberg say she banned at Facebook meetings in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

2. What nonprofit to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in young people did Sheryl Sandberg’s mother found?

3. What childhood friend of the author’s does she say “looks back fondly on being pregnant, saying she has never felt so productive. She not only worked her usual hours as an attorney but organized her house and put five years of photos into albums,” in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. Who famously “and foolishly refused to work with—or even to shake hands with—Gloria Steinem,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

5. What term does the author say emerged in the 1970s “to describe a woman who flourished in a leadership role, especially in male-dominated industries” and who also used her position to keep other female workers down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What study does the author cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as an indication of the power a partner has in a woman’s career choices?

2. How did Elise Scheck describe her experiences during pregnancy, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

3. What does Sandberg say often creates a double standard and compels women to leave the workplace in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

4. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

5. What does the author write of Nora Ephron in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

6. What lesson does the author say she learned from her correspondence with Ray Kelly in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

7. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

8. What does Sandberg describe as an ideal partner for women to succeed alongside in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

9. What did Sharon Proczter say of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

10. What is the first step to moving forward past gender bias in the workplace, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

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